Clothes wringer



May 29, 1934. F J L LQNDE 1,960,499

CLOTHES WRINGER Filed Aug. 16, 1933 k a I v 1 9 3" w M 6 6 7 INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY.

Patented May 29, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CLOTHES WRINGER of Virginia, Minn.

Application August 16,

2 Claims.

This invention relates to clothes wringers and more especially to an attachment for same to prevent as much as possible the annoyance and danger of the winding up of clothes being wrung about the uppermost roller.

Another object is to provide such a device which effectively frees the uppermost roll from lint or the like, as well as overcoming to some extent the slipping of the rolls, which is well known to .be more or less of an annoyance.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in the following description thereof.

Referring now to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this application and wherein like reference characters indicate like parts:

Figure 1 is a fragmental portion of the upper roller of an ordinary wringer, with one of the improved attachments embodying the invention applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of one end of the brush attachment.

1 represents the wringer roll, and in this instance supposed to be the uppermost one of such rolls, and to which is applied as is usual in the majority of wringers the roller guards 2, at the ends thereof. Ordinarily these guards are of sheet metal and straddle the shaft 3 of the roller, though in some instances are formed in the framework of the wringer, but in either event designed to function in like manner to that illustrated. In applying my invention I propose to utilize the inwardly projecting flanges on one sde of the roller for the support of the brush attachment to the wringer.

The brush'comprises preferably a wooden bar 4, for example, or it may be of other suitable material for the purpose, which has incorporated along one edge the bristles 5 of the brush for 4 engagement with the roller 1.

As a convenient attachment of the brush bar 4 to the ringer guards 2 I have illustrated a substantially square clamping block 6 having thumb screws 7 installed in the uppermost edge thereof for impingement against the brush bar 4 when placed in the jaws of the block as clearly illustrated in Figure 2 so that the brush may be readily adjusted within the clamps or therefrom as desired. Each clamp is applied to the flange of its respective roller guard by provision of a vertically disposed jaw-like extension 8 on the block 6, and into which is incorporated the tap or set screw 9, it being accessible through the jaw in the clamp for the reception of the brush bar, and when the latter is removed therefrom;

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this being the most convenient and simple manner of applying the clamp, though somie other form of attachment might be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Inasmuch as the thickness of the roller guards in different Washing machines vary somewhat I have provided for the accommodation of same in the guard attaching jaw of the clamps by leaving a narrow flange like projection 10 upon both upper and lower edges of the jaw 8 so that in the event of an abnormally thick roller guard flange, these small ribs or flanges 10 may be broken off so that the clamp may be readily applied to the guard. It is intended that these clamp blocks are of cast metal and thus provide 0 convenience for such breakage in the enlargement of the internal area of the jaws.

Now when the attachment is applied to the wringer as illustrated in Figure 1, it is intended that the bristles 5 of the brush will just lightly touch the surface of the roller 1, and when the latter is rotated these bristles will effectively remove the lint, prevent the clothes from winding about the roller, and eliminate the carrying of surplus water by the roller.

In applying the device to a wringer it is obvious that the clamps 6 are first attached and the set screws 9 tightened up before the brush bar is applied thereto, and the entire attachment is exceedingly simple and effective for the purpose intended. It is also obvious that while the device is shown attached adjacent the uppermost roll of the wringer it may be attached adjacent the lowermost one.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

l. The combination with a clothes wringer having cooperative rollers and a vertically disposed flanged guard at either end thereof for support of the rollers, of means attachable to 9D the flanges of the guards for support of a brush, and a roller brush removably held by said means for engagement with the outer surface of one of said rollers. t

2. In combination, a clothes wringer and flanged guard for support of the rollers thereof, a brush support clamped to the flanges of said guards, and a brush removably held by said support.

FREDERICK J. LA LONDE. 

